Help selecting a replacement CV Axle

Hello all, I have a torn boot on my OEM axle so I want to temporarily replace the CV with an aftermarket one while I reboot the OEM axle, but I am having a hard time selecting which one.

Below is a screenshot from Rock Auto with all the different options of CV axles. I know I need the ADD (Automatic Disconnect Differential), but their are a couple of different options within that. one says "with outboard circlip end" and one says "with outboard nut end". Does anyone know which one I should get, or if there is even a difference?



Also here is a link:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/toyota,1999,tacoma,3.4l+v6,1357589,drivetrain


Thanks in advance.

 

Get the ones from NAPA.

 

The circlip end ones are manual hub axles, I learned that the hard way when I ordered the wrong one once (and didn't figure it out until I was nearly done with the install lol)

ADD axles use the axle nut on the end

 

Phew, thanks man that's what I needed to know

 

rebooting ain't that hard. once you button it up you won't want to tear into it again to put the stock one back in imho.

 

Dropping this here: https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/foru...089/napa-maxdrive-cardone-select-new-cv-axles

Now I have no way of verifying - this is the internet after all - but it sounds like Napa's are re-packaged Cardone's based on the forum linked above.

Does anyone happen to have a copy of the instructions/warranty that came with their NAPA CV's? The guy in the linked thread mentions that Cardone Industries is listed as the company warranting the NAPA CV's.

I ended up buying some brand new Cardone's and laid them next to my old NAPA Maxdrives that we're installed by previous owner.


Minus the corrosion and the beat up NAPA sticker - the two look identical.

 

Nappa has rebuilt ones too.
Not supper happy with my premium nappas. They bind at full droop. That stock ones didn't.

 

Hahahaha ha told all you Napa junkies...... Nobody would listen
Napa is what all the old timers say to us. But they get their parts from the same factories in China like all the other parts houses. The 'Napa is better' myth needs to end. It used to be better back in the 90s and stuff but it's part stores and parts sourcing is going the way of all the other parts stores

Edit: what I should add though is that Napa, at least in my experience, definitely has workers that know more about automobiles, lol. I'll leave it at that

 

Apparently Toyota sells reman OEM axles. I don't know who Toyota uses for the reman job but I wanna say it's a decent company. I say that based on the fact the Denso I think does the remans for Toyota on the alternators, starters, etc. So I'd imagine Yota oem reman cv axles will be decent without cost of brand new oem

 

So true. One of my other clubs traced most all CV axles to suppliers in China named Zhejiang Feizhou and Wonh industries. Infact it was so blatent that many are sharing variants of the same part number. Even high end names are sourced from the same China suppliers. Of course the tooth fairy or Easter Bunny may be suppliers that we haven't located yet.

 

The new Denso radiator that I bought a while back was stamped made in China. Looks like the new Denso plant there is running full tilt.

 

Yea it doesn't seem like Napa axles are what they used to be...at best they may come with better quality boots than some of the other aftermarket brands but I don't think the axles are any better than your standard Chinese aftermarket one

I picked up a Toyota reman axle from a local dealership for $128 each after a $70 core exchange... they're OEM remans with Toyota boots. Probably the second best thing to getting new OEM ones without springing 800 bucks for a pair

 

I did something like that with some new GSP axles. I had been running the axles for years without mechanical issues. But the boots would only last 3 years. So I exchanged for new GSP axles then changed the boots to new OEM to make a hybrid OEM GSP axle. So far so good as I approach 3 years.

 

For me (and I assume most on here), the boots are usually the issue...I've only ever blown up one axle and it was an OEM Toyota one at that (go figure).

Never have blown up an aftermarket one but ...the boot material most aftermarket brands use is really bad and seems to tear if you so much as look at them wrong

 

This is the route you should take. Or just buy the cheap-o one keeping in mind that no $46-51 axle is going to be perfectly balanced.

 

I can't tell you which route you should take. That's your decision because you have to deal with consequences or lack thereof. But we do want to have the most accurate data and info that can be important to making that decision as best we can. Many factors can be involved, some folks go with the parts store Chinese 50 dollar lifetime warranty cv axle, with it's yearly swap out option. nothing wrong with that as long as you're aware when you go that route.
Most importantly just knowing what to expect with the route you decide to go so you're prepared best you can be.
I was juts being funny in my post about the parts store axles and Napa and stuff.

 

Back to the original question, some months ago in another group, we determined that premium CV axles sold as Trackmotive, and O'Reilly's Import Direct are all produced by Wohn. I'm sure other part store brands are made by Wohn as well. Actually O'Reilly's part numbers are the same as Trackmotive. O'Reilly sells both Trackmotive and Cardone. We suspected Cardone are also made by Wohn with some extra chrome that increases the price. At one point the Cardone part numbers were the same as Trakmotive with a 66- prefix. People caught on to that fast. So I suspect they changed the numbers to be different.

If you have an O'Reilly near by, you could go take a look before you buy. I chose to buy from O'Reilly because of their "in store" lifetime warranty. If the axles went bad or I had a problem, I could just drop by the store and get another one. I didn't want to hassle with a return shipment.

At this point, I have not seen an OEM value line CV axle to identify the source.

This is not a product recommendation, but an observation about products that appear to originate from the same source in China.

http://www.wonhparts.com/products/?sort=1&id=3